Inventing the University

After reading "Inventing the University" by David Bartholomae, write a blog post, approximately 500 words long, reflecting on the article. It's a long article and not the easiest read, so I thought it might be helpful if I provided you with some questions and suggestions which you could use to write your response. Feel free to write on something entirely different; these questions are just here to get you started!

• In what ways do you feel that you are/have been "inventing the university" for yourself here at SFSU?
• Explore the intersection between Bartholomae's article and the idea of the "performance self" and the "authentic self" that we've been reading about and discussing in class.
  
• Explore the intersection between Bartholomae's article and the concept of "patchwriting" as described by Blum, Howard, and Pecorari.
  
• Bartholomae gives several examples of student writing. Pick one of the student essays he critiques, and respond to both the essay and his critique. Do you agree or disagree with Bartholomae's assessment? Why or why not?